Word: spiteful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Whether "Hammersmith" will obtain a fixed position as the Harvard novel, is a question which must be left to the decision of the more experienced; that it will gain great popularity, and deserved popularity, in the present, can be safely affirmed. In spite of its length, it is a pleasant book to read, and some parts of it will bear more than one reading. We recommend it to all Harvard men as a companion in their summer travels...
CONSIDERING the frequent interchange of courtesies between the Advocate and the Crimson, and the respect, in spite of occasional differences of opinion, which each has entertained for the other, we were much surprised at the tone of a recent editorial in our esteemed contemporary. The fiery and excited effusion we refer to was written ostensibly to show the condition of the boat-clubs, but in point of fact to relieve some one who was smarting under imaginary injuries of his pent-up feelings. The pettiness and flippancy of the Advocate's criticism do not need comment; neither...
...estate that was bringing him in no income. Mr. Blakie may lock the doors of the boat-house next October, and refuse to admit any one until a sufficient number of paying members is obtained, and this would be a wise course for him to take. In spite of these facts we still think that "the status of the 'house-clubs' for next year does not seem to warrant the discouraging article in the Advocate." There are persons who always look upon the gloomy side of every question, no matter how cheerful the other side may be. There are others...
...occasional poco can still be seen in spite of the signs in the entries...
...verses; but I finally found an explanation, - the tutor was unmarried. However, that did n't account for other omissions, so I was forced to suppose that we Freshmen were treated as very young boys, because the tutor did n't think we were yet "men," in spite of our own very decided opinion to the contrary. "Well," said I, "in the electives next year, at any rate, this over-delicacy will be done away with, and a beautiful passage will not be passed over because in it a spade happens to be called by its right name...